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Hollywood actor Christian Bale (right), alongside his wife Sibi Blasic (left), at the premiere of the film The Big Short, where Bale plays Michael Burry, a hedge fund owner who bets against the US housing market using a short selling strategy. Photo: Jaguar PS/Shutterstock

Jargon buster: short sell

This summer, Delano and Paperjam unpick some of the terminology that can make the financial sector difficult for outsiders to follow. This week: short sell.

Yusuf Yassin • 01.09.2023

“Should we judge that the policy stance is inconsistent with a timely return of inflation to our 2% target, a further increase in interest rates would be warranted,” remarked European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel on 31 August 2023. Archive photo: European Central Bank

Further increase in interest rates “warranted”: ECB’s Isabel Schnabel

Kangkan Halder • 31.08.2023

“Investor confidence saw its biggest jump in 18 months, with the Global ICI now solidly in risk seeking territory, as risk appetite improved in every region this month,” said State Street’s Marvin Loh. Photo: Shutterstock

Investor confidence index sees largest increase in 18 months

Lydia Linna • 31.08.2023

To develop or acquire new technologies in cybersecurity, e-mobility, new materials and entertainment, Porsche has created an investment ecosystem, including a structure based in Luxembourg. Photo: Porsche

Porsche: VC revving up in Luxembourg

Thierry Labro • 30.08.2023

“An additional capital requirement of 0.5% was imposed on the six designated banks in order to reduce their probability of default” on property loans, stated the financial regulator CSSF in its 2022 annual report. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

Luxembourg’s 2022 real estate market: rising prices, debt and vulnerability

Kangkan Halder • 29.08.2023

Employees are entering a new era, in which HR is looking for a single management tool, from detection and recruitment to pay and career development through training and appraisal. Photo: Shutterstock

‘Augmenting’ the human factor in the workforce

Thierry Labro • 28.08.2023

“Besides terrible human consequences, the war had also important consequences on our economy--an energy crisis--as well as on financial markets, with heightened volatility and uncertainty,” Claude Marx, the director general of the Luxembourg Financial Sector Supervisory Commission (CSSF), said in the agency’s 2022 annual report.. Archive photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne

CSSF’s Claude Marx unpacks a year of inflation, crypto, AI and beyond

Kangkan Halder • 28.08.2023

Currently, 10-year maturity Eurozone government bonds are trading at lower prices compared to their 1-year counterparts, signaling investor concern over short-term economic growth prospects. Photo: Shutterstock

Inverted yield curves raising recession worries

Kangkan Halder • 28.08.2023

Fine wine is not a particularly liquid asset. “Liquidity generally refers to how easily or quickly [an asset] can be bought or sold in a secondary market,” the SEC said. Photo: Lucas Santos/Unsplash

Jargon buster: liquidity

Aaron Grunwald • 25.08.2023

A report from the EU financial regulator Esma seeks to deepen the understanding of greenwashing and pinpoint the areas within the sustainable investment value chain that face the highest greenwashing risks. Archive photo: Caroline Martin

Greenwashing risks in the EU financial markets: Esma report

Kangkan Halder • 24.08.2023

Around 50% of Luxembourg households saw “significant changes in their consumption and savings patterns” and 25% reported changes in the value of their financial assets in the wake of covid-19, found a report from the grand duchy’s central bank. Photo: Shutterstock

Half of households report “significant” changes in consumption, savings

Lydia Linna • 24.08.2023

Based on the recent PMI data, Cyrus de la Rubia, chief economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank, anticipates a 0.2% contraction in the eurozone for the third quarter. Archive photo: Matic Zorman / Masion Moderne

Eurozone economic activity plunges: composite PMI hits 33-month low

Kangkan Halder • 23.08.2023

Statec continues to project an average inflation rate of 3.9% for 2023 and 2.5% for 2024, anticipating a new wage indexation in the third quarter of 2023. Archive photo: Romain Gamba / Maison Moderne

Eurozone’s economy: brief resurgence amidst lingering stagnation

Kangkan Halder • 23.08.2023

Quest’s survey found that 38% of young people feel overwhelmed by financial issues, a figure that increases to 50% amongst young women. Photo: Shutterstock

79% of youths unprepared by school to manage personal finances

Lydia Linna • 22.08.2023

The United States is relying heavily on its old Mountain Pass mine to start breaking free from China’s domination of the rare earths market. Photo: Mountain Pass

Rare earths: facing up to China...

Thierry Labro • 21.08.2023

The euro area’s monthly average of short-term euro-denominated debt issuances soared from a net negative €3bn in 2021 to €18bn in early 2023. Photo: Shutterstock

Euro area short-term debt securities gain momentum

Kangkan Halder • 17.08.2023